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TCEQ Gives Green Light to Another Texas Coal Plant3 comments

citizensarah wrote 1 week ago: The dramatic irony of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) decision this morning to … more →

Tags: Global Warming, Air Pollution, air quality, Army Corps of Engineers, carbon dioxide, citizen sarah, Clean Air Act, climate change, CO2

Air Pollution and Climate Change: In Search of Co-Benefits

Teresa Clemmer wrote 1 week ago: Since I’m getting ready to teach Air Pollution Law & Policy again this spring, I was keenl … more →

Tags: Air Pollution, climate change, co-benefits, Nox, black carbon, Ozone, sulfates, aérosols, SO2

Hawaii's Kilauea Billows 2,500 MT of SO2

feww wrote 2 weeks ago: Kilauea’s Halemaumau crater billows up to 2,500 metric tons of sulfur dioxide each day The vog … more →

Tags: Hawaii Volcanoes, SO2, stratosphere, vog, Big Island Farmers, Halemaumau Crater, Halema`uma`u, Kilauea, Natural disaster area

FDA MedWatch - Hospira Brand Propofol and Liposyn Products - Recall

irbtipoftheweek wrote 1 month ago: Hospira, Inc.and FDA notified healthcare professionals of the recall of 85 lots of Liposyn II 10%, L … more →

Tags: FDA MedWatch, Hospira, Hospira Inc., liposyn, Propofol injectable emulsion, Recall

FDA MedWatch - Ketorolac Tromethamine Injection, USP 30 mg/mL; 1mL and 2mL Single Dose Vials Recall

irbtipoftheweek wrote 1 month ago: American Regent and FDA notified healthcare professionals of a voluntary recall of all lots of Ketor … more →

Tags: FDA MedWatch, american regent, Crystallization, ketorolac tromethamine injection, Recall, vial

Good News for Houston, Corpus Christi- So. California ports cut diesel emissions 80%!

Andy Wilson wrote 2 months ago: Great news from the Edmunds.com Green Car Blog: Southern California Port Pollution Drops Dramaticall … more →

Tags: Global Warming, Diesel, Toxics, Energy, black carbon

moments in Bay Area art-time

cwongyap wrote 2 months ago: PAST: I really liked Kenneth Baker’s review of Kim Anno’s show at Patricia Sweetow Galle … more →

Tags: Art & Development, ybca, Southern Exposure, Patricia Sweetow Gallery, Moby Dick, Wattis Institute for Contemporary Art, Kim Anno, Kenneth Baker, Walead Beshty

Dr. van Steenis Speaks: Unedited Footage2 comments

coalhealthadmin wrote 2 months ago: MP3 UPLOAD – Dr Van Steenis Speaks to Douglas SLIDESHOW – Audio and Some Photos, No Vide … more →

Tags: adverse effects of open-cast coal mining, air-pollution induced illness, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, Diesel, douglasdale, Dr. Dick van Steenis, health effects of open-cast coal mining, Lecture, lung damage

Public Event: Doctor van Steenis Speaks

coalhealthadmin wrote 2 months ago: The esteemed Doctor Dick van Steenis will be giving a public lecture next week concerning the health … more →

Tags: air-pollution induced illness, cardiopulmonary disease, COPD, Diesel, douglasdale, Dr. Dick van Steenis, event, Lecture, open cast coal mining

New Release: Coal Health Study, Douglasdale Edition2 comments

coalhealthadmin wrote 2 months ago: Douglasdale Edition of the Coal Health Study An extended version of the Coal Health Study has been p … more →

Tags: open cast coal mining, Scotland, coal health study, adverse effects of open-cast coal mining, douglasdale, Dr. Dick van Steenis, COPD, air-pollution induced illness, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Smoke inhalation, Forest Fires and Swine Flu respiratory risks

James Geiger MD, the oilMD wrote 3 months ago: James Tad Geiger MD Lungs are a big part of my job.  As an anesthesiologist I use an anesthesia mach … more →

Tags: health, air quality, biomass, Fire, inhalation, Injury, morbidity, mortalitty, Ozone

Coal Health Study Literature Review

coalhealthadmin wrote 4 months ago: There has been no commissioned research into the effects of open-cast coal mining on the health of D … more →

Tags: Air Pollution, air-pollution induced illness, Asthma, cardiopulmonary disease, chronic kidney disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, coal health study, COPD, Dr. Dick van Steenis

Two New Studies Reaffirm Dangers PM Poses to Human Health

Melissa Stevens wrote 6 months ago: The Health Effects Institute (HEI) released an updated analysis of the American Cancer Society (ACS) … more →

Tags: Air Pollution, Health risks

Save China. Save The World.1 comment

AllenCaron wrote 6 months ago: When it comes to global warming, China has more or less been treated as the naughty kid brother of t … more →

Tags: Global Warming, China's coal industry, Selective Catalytic Reduction, Kyoto Protocol, Fuel-Tech, SmartHeat, O. I. Corp, CECO Environmental, Fisher-Klosterman

Kentucky environmental lawyer Sanders says American Lung Association released its 10th annual report on air quality for America!

Lawyer Sanders wrote 7 months ago:   ALA report did not pull any punches with regard to air quality in the Queen City.   The American L … more →

Tags: Clean Air Act, American Lung Association, Air Pollution

Kentucky environmental attorney Sanders says Greater Cincinnati is 8th worst place to live for year round air pollution according to new American Lung Association report.

Lawyer Sanders wrote 7 months ago: Cincinnati's Fountain Square suffers from air pollution according to American Lung Association … more →

Tags: Clean Air Act, American Lung Association, Air Pollution, Cincinnati Ohio

California In Desperate Need Of Clean Air Solutions1 comment

lutz111 wrote 8 months ago: Smog in L.A. March 2009 Last week the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published the “Proposed … more →

Tags: Clean Technologies, Emission Technologies, Green Technologies, California Air Resource Board, carb, emmission technology, DPF, Diesel Particulate Filter, Clean Air

The importance of outside advisors and career staff

Holly Doremus wrote 9 months ago: Dan posted recently about the decision remanding EPA’s latest revision of the particulate NAAQ … more →

Tags: science and technology, Politics, air quality, Litigation, esa, EPA, NAAQS, Julie MacDonald

EPA to Reconsider Standards for Particulate Matter

citizensarah wrote 9 months ago: A federal appeals court yesterday ordered the EPA to reconsider its standards for pollutants, partic … more →

Tags: Global Warming, Toxics, Coal, New York Times, soot, P.M., Appeals Court, Diesel Engines, Power Plants


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